Tamera Oldfield

CLEAResult

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
282 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

4.0

whole food meals

consumed
UP TO

630

minutes

not spent in front of a screen
UP TO

42

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

60

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

12

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Tamera's actions

Waste

Go Paperless

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 3.4lbs (1.5kg) a month or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

High Impact Action Track

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Waste

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

De-Clutter My Home

I will de-clutter, clean, and donate or recycle unneeded items in my home.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Simplicity

Less Screen Time

I will replace 45 minute(s) of screen time each day with other activities.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will spend 60 minutes learning about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Michael Pollan states that “it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor.” What are your thoughts on this idea?
Tamera Oldfield 10/04/2019 11:29 AM
I think that is an incredibly simplified view of switching to a whole-food diet. While it is arguably better to consume whole-foods as opposed to processed foods, that isn't a cure-all. Additionally, it kind of dismisses the existence of the availability of whole-foods for low-income, under-privileged communities. If someone lives in a food desert, they don't necessarily have the option to chose unprocessed foods, or if they did, the time to prepare whole meals.
And just to throw this out there: in many states that have subsidized health-care, it can be more accessible to low-income communities, as opposed to more expensive, not readily available groceries.
Pollan may have addressed this, but comments like that tend to overlook income inequality and equal access to food/grocery stores.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
High Impact Action Track

Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
Tamera Oldfield 10/04/2019 11:20 AM
The ones I run into the most are vegetable/fruit in plastic containers or bags. I have material (left over from other projects) that I want to use to make produce bags, so I will be transitioning to those instead.

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